Teachers from Past Years

Thoz Womenz

Above all else, we lift credit to our Creator for giving us purpose and the strength to chase our dreams. All-women drums are not new.… Read More »Thoz Womenz

Sue Lundquist

Sue Lundquist has had a passion for music since she can remember. As a child she studied piano and guitar and longed to play the… Read More »Sue Lundquist

Adwoa Tacheampong

by Carolyn
12/16/201306/04/2014
Born to Drum Faculty from Past Years, Teachers from Past Years

Adwoa Tacheampong is a vocalist, drummer, dancer & actor who has been performing since the age of 10. She has studied many forms of dance,… Read More »Adwoa Tacheampong

Sidney Weaverling

Sidney Weaverling is a co-director and co-founder of Rueda Con Ritmo, a Cuban-style dance school and performing group based in the San Francisco Bay Area.… Read More »Sidney Weaverling

Rana Halpern

by Carolyn
12/25/201102/03/2023
Born to Drum Faculty from Past Years, Faculty Bios, Teachers from Past Years

Rana Halpern has been playing drums since elementary school where she learned Afro-Cuban, Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms. As a youth under the direction of Carolyn… Read More »Rana Halpern

Kris Freewoman

by Carolyn
12/24/201106/20/2014
Born to Drum Faculty from Past Years, Teachers from Past Years

Kris is the founder and producer of the Rhythm Workout Instructor Training Program. Through this program that sold through Power Music Company, Kris inspired instructors… Read More »Kris Freewoman

Tonya Lyles

Tonya Lyles–Based in Austin Texas, Tonya “Onye” Lyles has founded SistaDrums to rejuvenate, invigorate, and uplift a community through teaching the art of hand-drumming and… Read More »Tonya Lyles

Shawn Nealy

by Carolyn
12/15/201102/03/2023
Born to Drum Faculty from Past Years, Faculty Bios, Teachers from Past Years

Shawn Nealy has been walking with the drum for the past 6 years & actively apprenticing & performing throughout the Bay Area (2 years) with… Read More »Shawn Nealy

Amanda Vincent Villepastour

by Carolyn
12/14/201106/20/2014
Born to Drum Faculty from Past Years, Teachers from Past Years

Amanda Vincent Villepastour is a London-based musician and scholar who has done significant comparative research about the bÃ tÃ¡ in Nigeria and Cuba. Since the mid… Read More »Amanda Vincent Villepastour

TerriAnne Gutierrez

by Carolyn
11/15/201106/20/2014
Born to Drum Faculty from Past Years, Teachers from Past Years

A lifelong student of dance, TerriAnne Gutierrez has been studying and performing Middle Eastern Dance for over thirty years. TerriAnne is one of the San… Read More »TerriAnne Gutierrez